Friends, a few years ago I wrote a series of columns on what I believe are the three most common New Year’s resolutions — money, organization and weight loss. I’ll share them here in the next three days, and I welcome your comments...

I do hope that you’ve had a wonderful Christmas this past week. While in our culture, we tend to celebrate everything in one day — or in two if you count the growing Christmas Eve festivities — the holiday used to actually be...